take to pieces

Example Sentences

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"It does not happen to be the kind of piano one can take to pieces, Miss Grant, is it?"

From My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia by Watson, Robert

The modern mind is more like a motor-car on a lonely road which two amateur motorists have been just clever enough to take to pieces but are not quite clever enough to put together again.*

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

I can tell you beforehand, the Princess will nail you three riddles together that it would take Old Moore himself seven years to take to pieces, Heaven knows.

From Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts by Bithell, Jethro

We admit nothing now without question; we have learnt to take to pieces all motives to actions.

From Is Life Worth Living? by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)

In attempting, therefore, to take to pieces the machinery, there was the risk of destroying it.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor